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simsim

simsim noun: synonym of sesame.

Noun

simsim (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of sesame.
    • He(Ali Baba) then went to the door and saying, "Open, O Simsim!" he pushed in and beheld the dead lich of Kasim, …1882-1885, Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Alaeddin; Or, The Wonderful Lamp
    • The residents mainly cultivate food crops (maize, rice, sweet potatoes and beans) and cash crops (tobacco, groundnuts, simsim and sunflower).2015 August 8, Justine A. Assenga et al., “Epidemiology of Brucella infection in the human, livestock and wildlife interface in the Katavi-Rukwa ecosystem, Tanzania”, in BMC Veterinary Research...
    Synonyms:
    sesame

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Simsim

Simsim

  1. A former village in what is now Israel.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Simsim

Simsim

  1. A medieval Chechen state in the northern Caucasus region.

Synonyms of simsim

Forms of simsim

alternative formSemsem
alternative formSumsum

Origin of simsim

From Arabic سِمْسِم (simsim).

Questions about simsim

What does simsim mean?
Simsim means synonym of sesame.
What part of speech is simsim?
Simsim can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near simsim in the dictionary

  1. Sims test
  2. Sims tests
  3. Sims' position
  4. Sims' positions
  5. Simsbury
  6. simsim
  7. simsimiyya
  8. simson
  9. Simson line
  10. Simson lines
  11. simsun permutation

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